CloudFlare (cloudflare.com)

“CloudFlare, Inc. is a U.S. company that provides a content delivery network and distributed domain name server services, sitting between the visitor and the CloudFlare user’s hosting provider, acting as a reverse proxy for websites.” – Source

Ethical design violations

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tracker

Monetises you.

Decentralised alternatives

Decentralised, free and open alternatives that adhere closer to the Ethical Design Manifesto:

None yet.

Block rule

Although the content itself is allowed to load, we block cookies to make sure that it does not track people.

- trigger:
    - url-filter: cloudflare.com
- action:
    - type: block-cookies

Prevalence

Epidemic: found on 10.0% of surveyed sites (728 instances observed).

Notes

“CloudFlare is used by more than 2,000,000 web properties” Source.
“CloudFlare may also place cookies on the computers of visitors to your CloudFlare-protected website.” Source

About Better

Better is a Safari content blocker for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It protects you from trackers and malvertising by enforcing the principles of Ethical Design.

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